Category: From Edo

Edo Assembly Approves Reduction of 2017 Budget

The Edo House of Assembly on Monday approved a downward review of the state’s 2017 budget, as proposed by the executive arm of government. It...

Obaseki, NSA to Meet Over Alarming Crime in Edo

Worried by public outcry regarding the sudden upsurge in crime rate in Edo State, Governor Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday resolved to meet with the National...

Edo Teachers To Enjoy N25,000 Minimum Wage– Dep. Gov.

As Edo teachers joined their counterparts in the country and all over the world to mark this year’s world Teachers Day, the state Government has...

Herdsmen: Call Enigie, Edionwere To Order, Edo AFAN Appeals To Benin Monarch

Edo state chapter, All Farmers Association of Nigeria,(AFAN), has appealed to HRM Oba Ewuare ll, Oba of Benin, to call Enigie and Edionwere to order,...

Edo Government Sacks Perm Sec, Suspends Three Others Over N283m Fraud

The Edo State Government yesterday sacked a Permanent Secretary in the State Ministry of Youth and Special Duties, Dr. Osayuware Idahosa and three other civil servants...

Meet Crown Prince of Benin kingdom, Ezelekhae

The crown prince of Benin Kingdom has been unveiled. He is Prince Ezelekhae Ewuare. He was unveiled at a ceremony at the palace of the...

Edo State to Bid for National Sports Festival

After hosting the 1981 and 2002 editions of the National Sports Festival in Benin City, Edo State government is considering bidding to host the fiesta...

Infant, 18 Others Killed in Edo Auto Crash

NO fewer than 19 persons, including an infant and three children, have been killed in a fatal road accident at Igoneki in Uhunmwode Local Government...

Edo Assembly Threatens Criminal Action Against Ex-speaker

The new leadership of the Edo State House of Assembly has threatened to institute criminal action against a former Speaker of the assembly, Hon Elisabeth...

Buhari Returns to Nigeria Today

President Muhammadu Buhari returns to the country later today, after receiving medical attention in London, according to a statement posted by his Special Adviser on...